A timeless present
Somehow, I ended up with the only watch my mom owned until a decade ago when it stopped working and she couldn’t be bothered to fix it. It had originally belonged to one of my great aunts who passed away when my mom was a teenager. The watch must be at least 60 years old at this point. I had thought about giving it back to my mom with a new band, at least, but immediately changed my mind when Geoffrey suggested I get it restored. I took it to a local watch shop expecting to be turned away, but was happily surprised at how helpful they were. In a couple of weeks time, they fixed my mom’s watch, cleaned it, swapped the crystal face for an identical replica of the original and put a beautiful brand new band on it. I asked them not to change the original dial since I do want my mom to recognize it. Here it is wrapped in a hand crafted rosewood box I got for her today. I cannot wait to see the look on her face when she opens it. I don’t even think she knows that it still exists !
